Automobile body curtain



Patented lilies, ld, i922,

LOUS J. BUOB, Ol'i CINCINNAT, OHIO, ASSIGNB T0 BUOB AND SGHEU, 0F CINCINNATI,

OHIO, A ERM GIEPQSED OF FRED. IJIARE BUOB. l

D. BUOB, LOUIS J. BUOB, FRONA BUOB, .AND

AUTOEIOBL'LE RUDY CURTAIN.

To all '2t/wm t muy concern.' i

Be it known that l, laooisyl. Buon, a citizen oit.' the United States, and a resident olf the city ol Cincinnati, in the county ot Hamilton and State ot Clliio, have invented certain new and useful" improvements in Automobile Body Curtains, ot which the following a ilfull, clear, and exact descrip tion, reference being had to the drawings 'forming a part oit this specification.

My invention relates tobody curtains tor motor vehicles in particular, and vehicles in general, and has special application to curtains used in providing closed bodies tor automobiles, composed oi" articulated and demountable sections.

There have been in the past year two general sorts oi" closed bodies for antoniobiles, one of which was a Wood or met-al structure with regular glass lights therein, and the other ot which was an arrangement out side curtains, secured between the body and top o'l2 the vehicle and held over the doors thereof by means oit irons, set in the doors and engaging the curtain portion so that it vwould siving with the door.

ln this latter itorm off closure `for automobile bodies, the lights were made ot celluloid composition or isinglass, Which is subject to rapid discoloration, and thus were unsatisfactory, While in the former instance the slamming ot the doors, which is frequently necessary to enforce a` closure of them, will. result in a breakage of the glass, forming part ot said doors.

It is the object ot my invention to provide 'for a removable set of side curtains to enclose the space between a vehicle body and top and equip said curtains With ordinary glass, thereby obtaining in a removable structure many of the advantages of regularly built up enclosed bodies.

Among other things l re-entorce the main portion of the side and door curtains, which are used in my invention, so that they are stift enough at the point 0il attachment of the glass, to retain a. novel glass retaining means ot my invention, While at the same time, the flexible nature ot the curtain material elsewhere permits ol its attachment and detachment, and takes away the danger ol? shattering the glass, when the doors are too forcibly closed.

My object and advantages above noted, l accomplish by that certain construction its shown, the curtains according to my invention are to be demountably secured between the body l, and top `2 of a motor vehicle. l have shown only a door curtain in the detailed views but it Will be understood that the general construction of the various curtains Will be the saine except 'tor the means of attachment. The side curtains which are not'mounted on doors so` as to swing open and closed therewith, are equipped With snap fasteners as their prin'- cipal means ot support on the body and top ot the vehicle.

The curtains are made up of pieces 3, 3, of fabric, leather substitute, or leather, which are suitably stitched together, and have mounted between them the desired number of plies ot veneer board d or the like, to provide a stiff portion inside of the edges thereof, but not reaching to the edges.

rlhe curtain material is formed up, to have an opening in the body thereof for the mounting of the glass, and naturally the veneer or other stift'ener is likewise formed to provide this opening.

l preier that the corners 5 of the curtain openings should be rounded, to enhance the appearance of the completed structure, although this is notnecessary.

The flexible portions of the curtains around the edges are provided with snap fasteners 6, Wherever necessary and in the usual manner, for vehicle side curtains. ln case ot door curtains, l provide for loose metal clips or plates 7 which are secured through the curtains Where re-entorced, and provide loops under which the doorl iro-ns 8, of the usual pattern Will pass. Due to the fact that the loops engage the rods loosely,

the curtain is free to ride up and down on the rods, and shift laterally to some extent, thereby taking care of the downward cant which is lfound in inany vehicle door hinges. In mounting'the glass in the curtain openings, the space around the edgeso'f the openings is covered with an adherent putty coinposition, which is also spread over the' niar-l curtain opening` all of the Way around.

A series of clips are employed' (Fig. 5) to hold the Vglass down in place. There are side clips 10, which here bases to be secured by rivets or the like to thestifi'ened body of the curtain, and raised ends to lic over and engage the glass. There are also corner clips ll, which' have a. triangular raised portion 12, to engage over the corners of the glass, and embrace said `corners on both sides, the remainder of the clip serving as a base tor riveting` tothe curtain. Y

'A curtain constructed above described, or substantially inV accordance With'the said structure, will provide a Vpermanent glass inV a side curtain, with flexible edges remaining` on the curtain for attachment to the top or 'body of a vehicle. l Y

`My' usual practice .is vto paint the lapping,r edges 13 of the glass with an 'opaque color,

rsuch as black, to 'hide the puttied race against which the glass rests, and give the Vj ob a neat appearance The c ')1isti.'uction is inexpensive, and permanent, satisfying the needs for a body cui tain, which, so far I am aware has never been heretofore provided. There have been instances or course, in which glass hasbeen held in place in a curtain by means of inetal bands clamped around the glass on both sides, for thek reason, among other things, that no stiff backing `was provided for the telass, which would be forced to bend out of shape and crack.

do not place the dut-y upon the glass, in niy construction, ot stiiiening;` the curtain, but stiften it independently or" the glas providing merely a marginal flexibility.

l do not desire my failure above to mention equivalent structures to exclude lfrom the claiin the application of the doctrine of equivalents in their construction.

Having thus described my invention, what claim as new and desire to secure by `Letlters Patent, is :ff

A curtain for the purpose described comprisinga body'oiA two-ply leXible material having` a `flexible stiffened portion inside ot the edges thereof, an aperture formed in the curtain Within said 'flexible stifened portion, and a glass mounted against the lace of the curtain around said aperture With an; adherent rputty ycomposition surrounding the aperture against which the glass is' laid, said glass being adapted to lap the edges ot' the aperture, and .means forretaining the glassginplace comprising clips mounted-on the flexible stifened portion or the curtain' and engaging over the glass.

Lotus(v J. Buon.. 

